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PERFORMANCE HISTORY


it was Handel's 13th and last opera for the Royal Academy Of Music . It was first performed at the King's Theatre , London on 30 April 1728 and revived with revisions on 19 May 1730 and 2 January 1733 . The first modern production was by Fritz Lehmann at Göttingen on 19 June 1938 .

SYNOPSIS


It is set in Cyprus around 108 BC, when Ptolemy IX was deposed by his mother and joint ruler of Egypt Cleopatra III in favour of his younger brother Ptolemy X (Alessandro) .


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